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SAMDRUP JONGKHAR (BHUTAN), Dec 20 ? The drive against the NE Indian militants in Bhutan is purely a Bhutanese operation and there should not be any doubt of the involvement of the Indian Government in it. No doubt, the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGB) and the Government of India (GOI) are working in close consultation in matters of flushing out the militants, said Director, Foreign Ministry, RGB Yeshey Dorji here this noon while talking to The Assam Tribune.

The RGB was compelled by the rigid stand of the Indian militant outfits to leave the Bhutanese soil despite the attempts of the RGB for...

GUWAHATI, Dec 20 ? The 48-hour Assam, Boroland and Kamatapur bandh called by the banned ULFA, NDFB and KLO evoked mixed response and partially affected the life in the State today. There was no report of any untoward incident from any part of the State during the bandh period. The bandh which was called by the banned outfits in protest against the crackdown launched by Bhutanese Army on the camps of the ultras in Bhutan, failed to evoke any response in Barak Valley and the two hill districts in the State while it affected life partially in Brahmaputra valley with exception of Kokrajhar...

Guwahati/Delhi, Dec. 19: The Ulfa?s Bhutan experience turned more bitter with the surrender of senior member Robin Neog and the arrest of military strategist Bening Rabha. Assam police described the developments as ?crippling blows? to the outfit. Neog and Rabha, both ?majors?, are counted among the top guns of the Ulfa?s military wing, which is controlled by its commander-in-chief, Paresh Barua.

Their capture, one by accident and the other by design, followed the death of the seniormost member of the militant group, 88-year-old Bhimkanta Buragohian. He died almost immediately after...

Aizawl, Dec. 19: The Mizoram People?s Conference (MPC) today said the formation of the new political party did not constitute a split. ?The people who have formed this new party are all non-residents of Aizawl and are not party functionaries at the general headquarters. Without a difference of opinion in the ideology of the party and without any party headquarters functionary among the dissidents, this cannot be termed as a split of the MPC party legally or formally,? MPC president Lalhmingthanga told newspersons here today.

Yesterday, a group of politicians, who do not reside in Aizawl...

Dimapur, Dec. 19: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) has denied the Kuki Inpi?s allegation that the former was providing logistic support to the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) rebels. The apex body of the Kuki tribe in Manipur had recently urged the NSCN (I-M) to restrain the KRA cadre who are engaged in a series of bloody clashes with Karbi outfit United People?s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) in Karbi Anglong district in Assam. The Kuki Inpi had accused the NSCN (I-M) of helping the KRA cadre.

In a release today, the NSCN (I-M) said the Kuki Inpi had ?cooked up a wild...